1991 - 74th Segment: “Black Angels”

In this series we present 100 songs which have gone down in the history of
Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic. On Czech Radio’s web pages you can
find a poll, in which you can vote for the best hit from the past century.
We continue with the year 1991.

On January 1st there was monetary reform. The Czechoslovak crown became
internally convertible and free pricing was introduced.
On January 26th, the first public auctions began with small privatization.
In Slovakia, resistance towards President Vaclav Havel grew. He was
attacked twice on the SNP Square in Bratislava; first on March 14th, 1991
and again in October 1991, when he and his entourage had eggs thrown at
them.

1991 attracted long queues to the cinemas – people were excited about
films such as the Oscar-nominated “Elementary School.” The year also
marked the last Golden Nightingale poll, won by Pavol Habera, his band Team
and Iveta Bartošová.

Photo: Gang Records
It was also a good year for David Koller, Michal Dvořák, Robert Kodym and
Petr Bretislav Chovanec, who created one of the most successful Czech bands
called Lucie. The first full-length album called “Lucie” was recorded
by the group in 1990 and the second one, “In the Sky,” was recorded in
1991. It produced a hit called Černí Andělé, or Black Angels, which was
then popularized by radio, television and cover versions created by many
local bands across the country.